Mobile Future

Manage mobile voicemail online

2008-11-17T15:41:00-05:00

A new free service - MessageSling - lets you manage your voicemails online in a Gmail-like interface. MessageSling’s voice-to-text software converts your incoming voicemails to text messages and posts them on its web-accessible site. If you receive so many voicemails that listening through them on your phone is clumsy or unmanageable, this service would save you time, hassle, and allow you to focus on the most pressing messages right away.

Never get a speeding ticket again

2008-11-14T15:39:00-05:00

With Trapster your cell phone will alert you when you approach police speed traps on the road. Trapster uses a social network to share drivers’ tips about speed trap locations in real time and on the go. A radar detector won’t always work with the latest police equipment, but if you sign up free with Trapster you’ll have real time, user provided answers that can’t be countered by police technology. Phone applications work with Apple’s iPhone, Windows Mobile, the BlackBerry, the Nokia N95 and other S60 smart phones. Additionally, it works with GPS services such as Garmin and TomTom.

Mobile classifieds service

2008-11-12T15:37:00-05:00

AdCafe is an incredibly easy new mobile classified advertisement service. AdCare allows you to send an SMS to its phone number that shoppers can view on both their computer and on their phone. Everything from jobs, apartments and personal ads are available for browsing anywhere or anytime with AdCafe.

Mobile baby name finder & due date calculator

2008-11-10T15:36:00-05:00

Your Baby DataBase is a one stop mobile website for any expecting parent. YBDB has a searchable baby name database with hundreds of names, filtered by gender and origin, that provides each name’s meaning. The website also has a chat feature, a Pregnancy and Parenting 101 fact sheet and a pregnancy due date calculator. One cool feature provides a list of the top 10 baby names for each gender in each of the last eight years. In 2007, Jacob and Emily were the most popular baby names.

Healthy text message habits

2008-11-07T15:31:00-05:00

Did you know that 3.8 million people suffer some sort of text-related injury each year? Or that reports of sore wrists and thumbs are up more than 38 percent over the last five years? If you take advantage of Virgin Mobile’s website PractiseSafeText.com, you can learn these facts and more, including a series of exercises you can do to prevent text-related injuries and maintain the digital dexterity you depend on to stay in touch with your friends and family!

Escape awkward or bad dates

2008-11-05T15:35:00-05:00

Have you ever prayed that someone would just call you and rush you off to an emergency, extricating you from a bad date or awkward situation? Well with the free service Get Me Out Of Here you can be saved! Specify a time and a pre-recorded message online and Get Me Out of Here will call your phone at that time, saving you from any undesirable experience.

Mobile website viewer

2008-11-03T15:28:00-05:00

Thanks to Google’s Mobilizer, you can now make any webpage mobile-friendly. Google Mobilizer is a free service that re-sizes any webpage and simplifies its formatting, making it easy to view on your phone or PDA.

Mobile comparison-shopping with Slifter

2008-10-31T15:25:00-05:00

An exciting free cell phone service called Slifter lets you comparison shop for products in nearby stores right from your mobile device! Now when you’re out shopping you can immediately find out whether that new camera you’re looking at is $20 cheaper on the other side of town. Save money, time, and worry by signing up for this free service today.

HP’s Mobile Remote Printing Technology

2008-10-29T15:23:00-05:00

HP’s CloudPrint service allows you to remotely print using your mobile phone. Email a document to the CloudPrint virtual print server which will store a copy and send an SMS to your phone with a reference ID. Once you get to a computer, enter the code on the CloudPrint web site and the server will find the nearest local printer. This service allows you to save multiple files on the server, keep the reference IDs on your phone and print from any computer. Additionally, you can print mobile photos or files from your phone to your home printer.

Mobile access to LinkedIn

2008-10-27T15:21:00-05:00

LinkedIn Mobile allows LinkedIn users to access all of their information using the mobile web. It allows users to see all of their contacts, send invitations to events, and see what their connections are doing. The service contains almost all of the features of LinkedIn but, with the benefit of being able to do it all from your mobile phone.

Download music from a computer to a phone

2008-10-24T15:15:02-05:00

MOBANGO allows users to transfer up to 2GB of music, ringtones, wallpapers, applications, and games from your computer to your phone and share it with users all over the world. It is the perfect way to manage all of your media and keep it backed up. This completely free program also allows users to access and download other users’ content.

Monitor bank accounts anywhere

2008-10-22T17:59:00-05:00

Quicken Mobile Tools lets you sign into yourhttps://quickenbeam.intuit.com/quickenweb/qmobile-start.jsf” title=” bank account using mobile and SMS access"> bank account using mobile and SMS access. This free tool is great for checking your bank account balance and avoiding overdraft fees when not at an ATM or computer. Simply text your request to Quicken and the balance will be sent back to you. It also lets users setup alerts to notify themselves about unusual spending in order to protect against identity theft.

GrandCentral manages multiple phone numbers

2008-10-20T14:23:00-05:00

GrandCentral, Google’s latest acquisition, hopes to make managing multiple phone numbers an easier process. The service allows users to send calls from multiple phone numbers to one number, combine voicemail accounts and answer phone calls even as the caller is recording a voice message. Grand Central also allows users to record calls on the fly access the recordings online, receive voicemail notifications via email or SMS and others. One particularly innovative service is the ability to have people leave voicemails via a web service that hides your phone number.

Slacker Portable Player launches on Blackberry

2008-10-17T14:22:00-05:00

The new Slacker Portable audio player has come to Blackberry phones. Once users create a list of their favorite artists and Slacker-genre stations they only have to sync their phones to their PC once. You are also able to create your own stations with your favorite artists and Slacker’s suggestions. Once the initial set-up is completed, the process of getting and listening to new music is done completely wirelessly. The service will be free with advertisements and a premium version is available ad-free.

Combine all chat services on your phone

2008-10-15T14:21:00-05:00

Nimbuzz is a free mobile application that allows free chat, texts, file sharing and some free calls. It integrates chat from all of the major programs like Skype, Windows Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, AIM, Gtalk, Facebook, MySpace, and more. It also allows you to place a widget on your website, blog, social networking page, which allows your friends to chat or text with you from a PC.

Get coupons sent directly to your phone

2008-10-13T14:19:00-05:00

Cellfire is the next generation of consumer savings. The service delivers coupons directly to your mobile phone. It allows you to receive or access many different types of coupons directly from your phone and gives you a code to present to the cashier during checkout to receive the savings at dozens of major retailers.

Read blogs anywhere with mobile RSS reader

2008-10-10T14:15:00-05:00

LiteFeeds is a free custom RSS reader for use with mobile phones. LiteFeeds will sync up with your online subscriptions, alert you to new posts, view full articles with images, as well as send blog posts, emails, and alerts. LiteFeeds is great for blog readers and operators who want content on their mobile phone.

View non-mobile enabled websites on your phone

2008-10-08T14:09:00-05:00

WidSets is a free service that allows you to access your favorite web content from your mobile phone for free. Through the use of mobile widgets and applications you can have access to non-mobile enhanced sites such as Wikipedia, flickr, The Wall St. Journal, Twitter, a push email program and many more. WidSets also allows you to share mobile content with other users as well as publish your own content to the web.

Use Outlook mobile on ANY cellphone

2008-10-06T14:07:00-05:00

Emoze is the first free mobile push email service. Emoze allows you to receive emails and Outlook data anywhere on your mobile phone even if it’s not a Blackberry or PDA. It is completely secure and allows email access without connecting to a service or clicking send\receive. You can also manage contact, calendar, and other personal information all for free using your mobile phone.

Voicemail to text service works on airplanes

2008-10-03T14:04:00-05:00

There are a lot of options for voicemail to text conversion services, such as PhoneTag and PhoneWire, each costing $9-$30 a month, but SpinVox has a unique feature that others don’t. While all of these services convert voicemails to text or email messages, SpinVox’s new feature will provide added benefit busy business travelers. Federal regulations prohibit making phone calls during a flight, but SpinVox users can continue to get their voicemails as text messages or emails during a flight in a data-only environment and respond via email while still in the air or by text once on the ground.

Inexpensive international mobile phone services

2008-10-01T14:02:00-05:00

Jaxtr is a global mobile community that allows users to communicate with anyone across the world at a discount- or in some cases for no cost at all. Jaxtr’s services include free international calls and text messages to over 150 countries when contacting another jaxtr member. The cost is still reduced if you are calling or texting non-members. Jaxtr also provides the ability to screen calls and forward them to other phones. Becoming a Jaxtr member is easy and makes it less expensive to stay in touch with friends and business associates all over the globe.

SMS application answers your wildest questions

2008-09-29T14:00:00-05:00

Ask ChaCha literally anything you want! Simply send a text message to ChaCha (242242) with any question you can think of. From restaurant recommendations, to directions, to pop culture references, to marriage advice ChaCha will reply with an answer. Unlike other text services where only specific information can be given from a computer, ChaCha connects you to a real person. A ChaCha employee “Guide” receives your question and will use the Internet to research the answer or if need be give their own opinion. ChaCha guides may answer in different ways , unless there is only one possible answer to your question. ChaCha is a great free SMS tool for info on the go or for just to having fun.

Ringtone ala you

2008-09-26T19:24:00-05:00

Can’t find the perfect ring tone to fit your personality? Well, with Phonezoo, you can create your own ring tone for free by uploading a music file to the website and choosing which part of the song you use. The ring tones get texted directly to your phone.

Summer BBQ tips from Food Network

2008-09-24T19:22:00-05:00

Get grilling tips on your cell by texting GRILL to 42107 or by typing mobile.foodnetwork.com into the browser on your Internet-enabled mobile device.

Keep the Word of God in your hand always

2008-09-22T19:16:00-05:00

Zondervan’s mobile Bible search, zBible.mobi, lets you search 10 different translations by passage or key word from your web enabled phone.

Automatic travel journal tracks your trip progress

2008-09-19T19:13:00-05:00

With the purchase of an international cell phone package from Telestial Wireless comes Travel Journal, a program that uses the GPS location of your sim card to automatically update a map with your location. Travel Journal can allow friends and family to track your progress and leave comments.

Phone as pocket Mandarin translator

2008-09-17T19:12:00-05:00

Jah Jah has launched a new service called Babel that allows users to call into a number, speak in English and have it immediately translated into Mandarin.

Is your phone ready to rock?

2008-09-15T19:09:00-05:00

Guitar Hero is available on mobile! Rock out with this rhythm-based game that�s true to the original. Open with 15 jamming tracks and grow your set list with more songs added every month. Shred as your favorite characters, on 4 Gibson guitars, in 3 killer venues.

Kwiry adds movie to Netflix queue from phone

2008-09-12T19:07:00-05:00

Subscribers to the popular DVD-by-mail service Netflix are in for a treat. A new feature allows users to send a text to Kwiry’s service with the desired movie title, and the movie is automatically added to the user’s queue! No more scribbling down the next hot movie you’ve read about or overheard some gossip on: just send a quick text message. The movie will be in your mailbox before you know it.

Google Docs--Now!

2008-09-10T18:51:00-05:00

A free application from the iPhone’s app store will download all of your documents and spreadsheets from Google’s Documents (link to Apple application store) feature, making them available to read and access even when away from a data connection. Perfect for storing and accessing shared lists even when you’re on the go.